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How to set up a Google domain for care leavers

Find out how local authorities can set up a Google domain for care leavers and children with a social worker.

Applies to England

Find out how to set up a domain to manage Google Chromebooks for families of children with a social worker and care leavers who are not associated with a school.

If the child or young person attends a school, you should use their Google domain if possible so that they can access their school鈥檚 services and remote education. If they do not have a school, or if their school does not have a Google domain and does not intend to apply for one, you should follow these instructions.

You need to:

  • sign up for Google Workspace for Education Fundamentals (formerly G聽Suite for Education)
  • verify domain ownership

Sign up for Google Workspace for Education Fundamentals

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Sign up for .

During the sign-up process, you鈥檒l be asked to choose your .

  • Choose a domain to which you have admin access (for example, where you can change DNS records).
  • Recommended: You can buy a domain, if you do not already have one, during the sign-up process. If you buy a domain, you will not need to verify it in the next step.

After completing the sign-up process, you鈥檒l be given a 14-day trial of Google Workspace for Education Fundamentals (with a 10-user limit during the trial period).

Verify domain ownership

to ensure that no one else is using your domain for Google services without your permission. This requires adding either a TXT or MX verification record to your DNS records.

Updates to this page

Published 19 April 2020

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